Jackson family arrives in court Jackson 5 style
In a bizarre show of solidarity, Michael Jackson's family, including his parents, Katherine and Joseph Jackson, and siblings Janet, LaToya, Jermaine, Randy and Jackie, attended a hearing Monday in Santa Maria, Calif., to watch the singer's lawyers question the prosecutor in his child molestation case. The self-proclaimed "King of Pop" and his family arrived at the courthouse in a chauffeured double-decker bus, all of them dressed head-to-toe in white. According to The Associated Press, Jackson sat for hours staring intensely at prosecutor Thomas Sneddon, who was grilled for more than three hours by the 45-year-old singer's defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. Mesereau attempted to show that Sneddon violated Jackson's attorney-client privilege by searching the office of a private investigator who worked for the singer's previous lawyer, Mark Geragos. If Mesereau is successful, the evidence taken from the private eye's office, including videotapes, computer hard discs and other items, could be thrown out of court because it is protected by attorney-client privilege. After Sneddon finished his testimony, the Jacksons retired to the modified gold and black tour bus to the screams of about 100 fans chanting, "Innocent, innocent." Jackson had not been required to attend the five-day pre-trial hearing and is not expected to return. He has pleaded innocent to charges of child molestation, kidnapping and false imprisonment and is free on $3 million bail.
Oprah selected to serve on jury
Talk show guru Oprah Winfrey, who was picked to serve on a jury at Cook County Criminal Court in Chicago, told reporters she didn't think she'd be selected because she's too opinionated. But Winfrey added that if she was picked, she hopes it wouldn't take longer than a week "because I've got shows to do." Although Winfrey entered the courthouse Monday through an alternate entrance to avoid crowds, officials said she wouldn't receive any special treatment once inside the courtroom. When Judge James B. Linn was asked how Winfrey was selected for a murder trial, he responded, "This was a straight-up jury selection." A Cook County sheriff's office spokeswoman said last week Winfrey was among some 300 prospective jurors scheduled to appear at court Monday.
Lane and Brolin marry in secrecy
Diane Lane and her beau of two years, Josh Brolin--the son of actor James Brolin and stepson of Barbra Streisand--were married in a hush-hush ceremony, the couple's publicist told the AP Tuesday. Spokeswoman Kelly Bush confirmed the wedding but said her clients banned her from saying anything else except, "they're hitched." The 39-year-old star of Unfaithful and Under the Tuscan Sun told AP Radio in August 2002 that Brolin, 36, got down on one knee and proposed on the Fourth of July. "It was early, early, early, early in the morning. Like dawn," Lane said at the time. "I had no idea what was coming."
Zeta-Jones stalker mentally fit to stand trial
A court-appointed psychiatrist said Monday the woman accused of stalking and threatening actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is mentally fit to stand trial. The AP reports Dr. Kal Sharma examined Dawnette Knight in jail, where she is currently being held on $1 million bail. Superior Court Judge John Riley Jr. halted criminal proceedings last month and ordered a mental evaluation of Knight after she overdosed on barbiturates while in county jail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled to resume Sept. 9. Knight, 33, who was arrested June 3 at her Beverly Hills, Calif., apartment, is charged with one felony count of stalking and 24 felony counts of making criminal threats. If convicted, she could face up to 19 years in state prison.
Blair Witch crewman killed in plane crash
Cinematographer Neal L. Fredericks, best known for his work on The Blair Witch Project, was killed Saturday while shooting the independent film Cross Bones, when the single-engine plane he was in crashed into the water off the Florida Keys coast. He was 35. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fredericks was filming aerial shots for the movie from a single-engine Cessna 206 when the plane's engine sputtered twice at about 500 feet before going down in 50 feet of water, according to Cross Bones writer-director Daniel Zirilli. Zirilli, the pilot, a co-producer and a first camera assistant escaped the wreckage through an open door, but Fredericks, who was strapped into a safety harness beneath camera equipment, was unable to free himself from his seat before the plane was submerged. "It was sunny, no wind; the hurricane had passed 36 hours before," Zirilli said. "It was a glorious day. The pilot called us to go out. As far as we know, it was engine failure."
AFI honors Penn clan
The Penn family, including brothers Sean, Chris, and composer Michael; Michael's wife, singer Aimee Mann; Sean's wife, actress Robin Wright-Penn; along with matriarch Eileen Ryan Penn, will receive the American Film Institute's Platinum Circle Award Oct. 1 in Los Angeles, Variety reports. The luncheon event will also include a tribute to the late patriarch of the family, producer, writer, director and actor Leo Penn. The Platinum Circle Award is presented to a family the AFI considers to have had a significant creative influence on the entertainment industry. Previous winners include the families of Debbie Reynolds, Walter Matthau and Henry Fonda.
Fahrenheit DVD to hit stores soon
Michael Moore's searing and controversial anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 is set to release on home video Oct. 5 through Sony's Columbia TriStar home entertainment unit, AP reports. The announcement Monday confirmed Moore's initial intention to have the film out shortly before Election Day, a time frame the director has favored since winning the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The film has grossed $115 million domestically, the first documentary ever to top the $100 million mark.
Rapper Shyne loses phone privileges
Jailed rapper Shyne, a former protégé of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs who has been in jail since 2001 for the 1999 nightclub shooting that involved Combs' then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez, had his phone privileges revoked Monday and was barred from conducting in-person interviews as authorities investigate whether the rapper violated prison rules in making about 100 phone calls, AP reports. Shyne, whose real name is Jamal Barrow, signed a $3 million record deal and recorded part of his new album, Godfather Buried Alive, while in prison. He has been in great demand with the media since the album was released last week. Already, MTV has aired a special about him, The New York Times conducted a phone interview, and he's on the cover of the September issue of Vibe wearing his dark-green prison uniform.
Kit Bowen contributed to this report.

Since they were young girls growing up in the Midwest Connie (Nia Vardalos) and Carla (Toni Collette) have shared the same dream--to become the next biggest thing to hit musical theater but so far performing in an airport lounge is the closest they've come. Their lives change however when they witness a murder by some nefarious drug dealers and in an attempt to escape end up in Los Angeles which has "no dinner theater no musical theater no culture at all." It's the perfect place for them to hide out and all goes to plan until Connie and Carla happen upon a local drag club. Suddenly they see an excellent way to elude their pursuers--and fulfill their need to be on stage at the same time. Pretending to be men dressed as drag queens Connie and Carla are soon headlining at the club belting out the show tunes they love. They become a huge hit getting the fame and recognition they've always wanted--but as time wears on the whole charade turns out to be a real "drag" ("pun intended " as the gals like to say) especially when Connie falls for nice guy Jeff (David Duchovny). Still with the killers hot on their trail Connie and Carla have to stay incognito--at least until they can find a way to come out of the closet without getting killed or disappointing their growing legion of fans.
The very charismatic Vardalos wowed audiences with her first feature the smash hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding and is probably feeling more than a little pressure to follow up with something just as good especially since the Big Fat Greek spin-off TV series failed miserably. Luckily she succeeds with Connie and Carla due in large part to her co-star Collette who finally--after a string of dramatic movies such as The Sixth Sense and The Hours--gets to use the comedic skills she deftly showed in her feature film debut Muriel's Wedding. Together the actresses' natural rapport and infectious charm permeate the film and despite a sometimes hackneyed script they keep things lively and boy can they sing! Vardalos and Collette make the most of their musical theater backgrounds working the stage and making the film's musical numbers truly memorable. Vardalos also displays a fair amount of chemistry with Duchovny as the straight Jeff desperately struggles with his burgeoning feelings for someone he believes is a man. The last little plus is C and C's supporting cast including the bonafide drag queens the girls befriend at the club. Led by the Tony-winning Stephen Spinella (Angels in America) as Robert/"Peaches " who also happens to be Jeff's estranged brother the supporting guys/dolls add that certain La Cage joie de vivre.
As she did in My Big Fat Greek Wedding writer/actress Vardalos' script speaks from the heart with genuinely fresh funny and down to earth dialogue. Apparently she did loads of dinner theater in her early years so she's familiar with the subject. Unfortunately she relies on a contrived Some Like It Hot plot about vengeful drug dealers to get Connie and Carla to L.A. but once the film gets into drag it zings. Connie and Carla is also in capable hands with director-actor Michael Lembeck (The Santa Clause 2) a former song-and-dance man himself at the helm. The broad comedic style he picked up directing countless television sitcom episodes serves well here and he turns the musical numbers into mini show-stoppers each one topping the next. The last is the best of course when the girls launch into "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No" from Oklahoma capped by a special guest appearance from the musical theater goddess herself Debbie Reynolds. Classic.

Top Story: Horn Takes Some Steps
Illusionist Roy Horn, who was mauled last October by a 300-plus lb. white tiger while performing in his famed Las Vegas show with partner Siegfried Fischbacher, was able to walk again with the help of a wheeled walker, a spokeswoman for the duo told The Associated Press. Horn, 59, managed to walk 558 paces last week with the assistance of the device, his spokeswoman said, adding that he has "strong willpower" and is undergoing intensive physical therapy. But Horn isn't rushing up onstage any time soon. Horn has a long recovery ahead of him after his left side was paralyzed by a stroke suffered after the attack, and the duo's long-running show has been closed.
Jackson's Phone Records, Video Seized
Over 100 pages of phone records, videos and a DVD of a party at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., were seized by investigators in his child molestation case, according to court documents released Monday. AP reports Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville agreed last month to release the records, but ordered details to be omitted; the resulting documents do not include such information as where the warrants were served and descriptions of the items taken.
Neil Simon Gets Kidney Transplant
Playwright Neil Simon, 76, received a kidney transplant Tuesday after suffering from kidney problems for several years, AP reports. His friend and longtime press representative, Bill Evans, donated a kidney for the operation, Simon's wife Elaine told the New York Times. Simon told the Times shortly before the operation that he and Evans had been friends for 25 years. "It's wonderful of him to do this," Simon said.
Dr. Suess Gets Star
Theodor Geisel, the late beloved children's author best known as "Dr. Seuss,'' will be honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Mar. 11. The tribute is part of several celebrations being held this month in honor of the author's 100th birthday, which was yesterday. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Geisel, a longtime San Diego County resident, wrote 44 books for children including such classics as How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Cat in the Hat.
Reynolds Opens Hollywood Museum
To display her extensive collection of movie memorabilia, Hollywood icon Debbie Reynolds will open the Hollywood Motion Picture Museum in the resort community of Pigeon Forge, Tenn., in the Great Smoky Mountains, AP reports. Valued at more than $50 million, the collection contains about 3,500 costumes and tens of thousands of props, movie posters, still photos, lobby cards and other items, the 71-year-old actress told AP. Pigeon Forge attracts more than 11 million visitors a year as a gateway to the country's most visited national park and is also home to singer Dolly Parton's Dollywood amusement park, Tennessee's top tourist attraction.
Role Call: Nikki Reed Goes to "Dogtown," John Singleton Tackles Black Superhero
Nikki Reed, fresh off of winning the Independent Spirit Awards' best debut performance prize for her performance in the taut Thirteen, is set to reteam with her Thirteen director, Catherine Hardwicke, on the skateboarding drama Lords of Dogtown. The movie will be a fictionalized version of Stacy Peralta's documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys…Boyz in the Hood director John Singleton is in negotiations to bring Marvel Comics' black superhero comic Luke Cage to life. Comic is about a former gang member who is framed for a crime he didn't commit. In prison, he volunteers for a medical experiment that goes awry, giving him super strength and bulletproof skin. Using his newfound powers, Luke Cage escapes and becomes a hero for hire.

Top Story: Mystic River Kicks Off Awards Season
Clint Eastwood's Mystic River has won the first major prize of this year's film award season. The National Board of Review on Wednesday named the drama best film of 2003 and its star, Sean Penn, was named best actor for Mystic River as well as the drama 21 Grams. Other honorees include Diane Keaton, who won best actress for her role in Something's Gotta Give, and Edward Zwick, who took best director for The Last Samurai. Some see the NRB's selections as an indicator of what to expect in the race for Academy Awards, although the board's choices have not usually mirrored the Oscars. The top 10 films named by the board were: Mystic River, The Last Samurai, The Station Agent, 21 Grams, House of Sand and Fog, Lost in Translation, Cold Mountain, In America, Seabiscuit, and Master and Commander. Best foreign film was The Barbarian Invasions, a Canada/France production.
Academy Taps Horovitz for Oscarcast
Preparations for the 76th Academy Awards are getting underway. According to Variety, Louis Horvitz is set to direct the Oscar ceremony, which will be held Sunday, Feb. 29, at the Kodak Theater. This will be Horvitz's eighth stint as director of the the Oscar presentation. Michael B. Seligman will be the supervising producer, marking his 27th year of work with the show, while Roy Christopher will come back to give his artistic touch as 15-time production designer.
Watch Star Wars With ... Princess Leia
Carrie Fisher, famous for her role as Princess Leia in the first three Star Wars films, will hold a private screening of The Empire Strikes Back for up to 10 fans as part of a Hollywood costume auction this weekend by Fisher's mother, actress and memorabilia preservationist Debbie Reynolds. Five winning bidders and one guest each will be invited to attend the screening of The Empire Strikes Back, the 1980 sequel to the first Star Wars film, with Fisher. The screening will be held early next year in the Los Angeles area. Proceeds from the sale, held in Beverly Hills and on eBay Dec. 6, will go to the planned Hollywood Motion Picture Museum.
L.A. Judge Dismisses Streisand's Privacy Suit
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Allan Goodman dismissed Wednesday Barbra Streisand's $10 million lawsuit against a multimillionaire who posted photos of her Malibu estate on a Web site documenting erosion along the California coast, Reuters reports. Streisand sued Kenneth Adelman in May, accusing him of violating California's anti-paparazzi law and her privacy rights, but Goodman ruled that Streisand lawsuit chilled Adelman's free speech rights on a matter of public concern, and ordered her to pay his legal bills. The judge also noted that Adelman had not tried to photograph Streisand personally and had not even known that he was capturing her estate on film when he snapped the photos from 2,700 feet away.
Ray Romano To Pen Children's Book
Ray Romano, the Emmy-winning star of CBS' Everybody Loves Raymond, is writing a children's book, The Associated Press reports. Publishers Simon &amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers described Raymie, Dickie, and the Bean: Why I Love and Hate My Brothers as "the funny and true story of why brothers can be gross, disgusting and downright mean--but still love each other." Romano is writing the book, expected to be published next fall, with his brothers Richard, a retired New York police sergeant, and Robert, a New York City schoolteacher. "When my brothers and I weren't fighting with each other, we had a lot of fun growing up," Romano said in a statement. "Now it's great as adults to collaborate with them on this book and fight with each other again."
Ray Liotta Gets "Best Human" Accolade
Actor Ray Liotta has been honored with a unique award by Hollywood standards: Best Human. Liotta took home the award for "Best Performance By A Human" in the 2002 hit criminal adventure game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City at the first Spike TV Video Game Awards held Tuesday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Liotta gives voice to the lead character in the game, which was the best seller of 2000, Reuters reports. The two-hour awards show was hosted by comedian David Spade and will be broadcast Thursday night on Spike TV.
Record Label Drops "Murder" From Name
Record company Murder Inc., the label behind rap artist Ja Rule and singer Ashanti, announced Wednesday it had changed its name to The Inc., the AP reports. "Over the course of the years, it seems as though no one is really looking at the talent ... more so than that damn word 'murder,'" label founder Irv Gotti said at midtown Manhattan news conference. Gotti, whose real name is Irv Lorenzo, added that he had no intention of changing the nickname he shares with the late Gambino family boss John Gotti. "It's just a nickname, like any other nickname," he said. "I ain't going to change it."
British Actor David Hemmings Dies
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William: "I live in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are."
Anna: "I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her."
--Notting Hill
In the film Notting Hill, Julia Roberts' character, a mega-movie star, meets a lowly British travel bookshop owner played by Hugh Grant, and through a series of rocky jump starts, they end up together and live happily ever after. Sure, every real-life movie star out there wishes they could find their own lowly bookshop owner to live happily ever after with. If only the road to true love in Hollywood were that easy.
Sorry, it ain't happening, folks.
What is it about show biz couples? Why can't they stay together? Well, personally, I think it stems from the same reasons that brought them together in the first place--the completely out of control, make-believe world they work and live in.
Take your common workplace romance, which is often a very easy way to meet a spouse. You fall in love with your co-worker because you see him or her all the time. Now, imagine your job is to not only to make obscene amounts of money by being beautiful, talented, and then have everyone tell you how beautiful and talented you are, but on top of it all, it is also your job to make love to Russell Crowe in a romantic locale at the same time.
Right. Stay with me now...
Say, then, the two of you end up together; two ultra-beautiful people wandering around, going grocery shopping, buying a house, attempting to live what we peons consider a "normal" life--while millions of adoring fans watch every single move you make. Maybe one of you is more successful than the other--that shouldn't matter, right? Or perhaps one of you is secretly crazy--that could be overcome with help, yes? Or, of course, one of you inevitably makes another movie with another beautiful co-star... well, you see where that would lead.
Thus the tensions pulling apart celebrity couples are understandably heightened and not necessarily the same an ordinary person would feel. Let's take a look at some of those reasons and which movie star break-up fall in those categories.
Reason #1: Successful careers get in the way
Egos are a big thing in Hollywood--they are large and in charge and very much a problem, especially if one half of a couple is getting more recognition than the other. For example...
Kate Winslet &amp; Jim Threapleton: The most recent couple to go belly up. Poor Kate, looking sad, carrying the couple's adorable daughter, telling the press she and her soon-to-be ex, Threapleton, an assistant director, are handling things amicably. What's really going on is that Threapleton didn't like being Mr. Winslet. He didn't want to be under her shadow anymore. Please. Like he has any chance now of getting his scripts read if he isn't married to a star like Winslet. That's just plain dumb thinking.
Julia Roberts &amp; Benjamin Bratt: Julia is a tricky one because she gets very involved with her co-stars on the set. She's a flirt. Big deal. Ben is a big giant fool. I believe Julia would have followed him to the end of the Earth. She really looked like she loved the guy. But no, he's got to get into the big ego thing--tired of hanging on the arm of this huge Academy Award-winning actress. Grow up, Ben.
Reason #2: Meeting someone else
I tell you, being on a movie set in some exotic location, gazing lovingly at your co-star--that has got to rub off. Just look at:
Meg Ryan &amp; Dennis Quaid : Meg met Dennis on the set of Innerspace and they fell madly in love, married, had a son. Then boom! Meg falls--and falls hard--for hunky Australian Russell Crowe on the set of their film Proof of Life late last year. It could be Meg and Dennis were already tiring of one another after 9 years of marriage; that happens. But Meg couldn't pass up the Crowe man, no way, no how. And Dennis couldn't turn the other way. Goodbye!
Elizabeth Taylor &amp; everyone she's ever been with: Liz leaves first husband Nicky Hilton for actor Michael Wilding; she leaves Wilding for producer Mike Todd; Todd dies and Taylor takes up with singer Eddie Fisher (taking him away from Debbie Reynolds); dumps Fisher for actor Richard Burton, whom she met on the set of Cleopatra--a tumultuous love affair where she divorces Burton and then remarries him. Her last two husbands don't count, since she pretty much was out of the movie business by that time. However, Ms. Roberts, take note.
Reason #3: One or both are simply crazy
Anne Heche &amp; Ellen DeGeneres: Anne is crazy--or was crazy. She said so herself to Barbara Walters on national TV. She told Barbara that she had created a "fourth dimension" in which to escape to deal with the years of sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her whacked-out father. Don't you think in the three years she and Ellen were together that didn't creep in there once in awhile? Sure it did. Ellen probably thought she could change Anne. Maybe Anne wanted to chase those demons away with a little female companionship. Whatever the case, it wasn't ever going to work.
Kim Basinger &amp; Alec Baldwin: Kim and Alec certainly looked the part of a hot Hollywood couple, after falling in love on the set of The Marrying Man. They even had a child together. But things were brewing underneath. Kim was recently part of an HBO documentary discussing the cause and effects of panic attacks, which Kim suffers greatly from, to the point she couldn't leave the house. OK, that's your first indication.
Reason #4: Not sure why they got together in the first place
Nicole Kidman &amp; Tom Cruise: Ah, there are so many rumors floating around about this breakup, it's really hard to figure it out. But suffice to say, the two never looked comfortable together. And with all the cooing and pronouncements of love, we all have to be reminded of just one thing: they're both actors.
Reason #5: Substance abuse
Is Robert Downey Jr. with anyone? It's a sad state of affairs for Hollywood celebrities,

Actor Jason Robards, a two-time Oscar winner, died today at age 78 after a long battle with cancer.
Robards appeared on stage and in motion pictures in a career that spanned 50 years in entertainment.
Sally Dalton, a spokeswoman for Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, Conn., confirmed to The Associated Press that the actor died at about 2:45 p.m. EDT.
Robards, whose last silver screen appearance was as the ill father of a character played by Tom Cruise in the 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson film ''Magnolia,'' received his first Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor in the Watergate drama ``All the President's Men'' in 1976. He played Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee in that film starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.
He won his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar the next year for his role as Dashiell Hammett in the film ``Julia.''
"It is a great loss," screen legend and peer Debbie Reynolds told KCBS in Los Angeles. Reynolds described Robards as a song and dance man and a great actor who took it up a notch.
Robards' theater credits include "The Iceman Cometh" and "Long Day's Journey Into Night." Other film credits include "Philadelphia," "Enemy of the State," "Parenthood," "A Thousand Acres" and "Beloved."
Robards was married four times, including once to legendary Hollywood actress Lauren Bacall.

Debbie Reynolds' obsession is good for Hollywood.
The legendary singer/actress and her foundation is negotiating a new home for her large collection of Hollywood costumes and set pieces with the TrizecHahn Corp., the company responsible for building the $500-million entertainment, dining and retail project currently in development on the historical Hollywood Boulevard.
The complex also will include the Kodak Theater, the new home for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science's Oscar presentation. The Reynolds collection would occupy the top floor.
Reynolds' collection has been in need of a permanent home since the 1997 shutdown of her Las Vegas casino and hotel. The collection includes Judy Garland's ruby slippers and gingham dress from The Wizard of Oz, and the white dress Marilyn Monroe wore in her famous subway scene in The Seven Year Itch.
Jack Illes, a spokesman for TrizecHahn, is excited about adding the collection to the project.
"We've got three beautiful old theaters around us, the Egyptian, the El Capitan and the Chinese and we're across the street from the Hollywood Roosevelt, where the first Academy were given out," he told Reuters. "This is really the touchstone of the motion picture industry in America."
The 20,000-square-foot Hollywood location represents "a dream come true," Reynolds, 69, told Reuters. "This is Hollywood's history. It's the only work I've known since I was 16. It's my family."
Reynolds' collection is worth millions of dollars, according to Todd Fisher, general manager of the foundation and Reynolds' son with crooner Eddie Fisher. She has amassed over 3,000 costumes from films from the Silent Era to the 1970s. Some other memorable collectibles are entire sets and costumes from the original Planet of the Apes (1968) and Gigi (1954), as well as her own classic film, Singin' in the Rain (1952).
When Reynolds displays her collection, it is in complete tableaus, as they appeared in the movies
"I didn't want to have just mannequins standing there," Reynolds said. "That would be boring."
The displays are often accompanied by video clips and voiceovers by Reynolds.
She can get pretty obsessive about tracking down items to complete the picture, Fisher told Reuters.
"It's no different from a collector of glasswork pieces or stamps," he said.
Well, not exactly.
Fisher did point out that his mother's "hobby" puts her through some financial difficulties, but it's a burden she has gladly endured.
"My mother goes in and out of being flush, depending on whether she's married or not," Fisher said. "If she hasn't been married for a while, she's pretty flush. But even if she's broke, she still has the ability to go out and earn $100,000 to $200,000 in a week."
And then there is the question of space. Even with the available 20,000 square foot, only 20% of the collection could be on display at any one time. The rest will need to go into storage.
She also has had little support from the Hollywood community, but does find donations here and there from unlikely sources. Elizabeth Taylor gave Reynolds a suit of armor that her late husband Richard Burton wore in Cleopatra. She also has joined the foundation board. Taylor, it should be noted, had a torrid relationship with Eddie Fisher when he was still married to Reynolds, and eventually stole him away. Clearly bygones are bygones.
If the deal goes through, Reynolds' collection would open at its new home on Nov. 8 and be known as the Hollywood Motion Picture Collection.

In case you missed it, and you probably did, the creative arts Primetime Emmy awards, honoring the best in behind-the-scenes technical work on TV, were handed out in a ceremony in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday.
And Bruce Willis -- a movie star, may we stress – was the biggest winner, and the biggest news.
The "Armageddon" action dude took his second career Emmy, for his charity guest stint on the NBC sitcom "Friends," wherein he played the father of David Schwimmer's gal-pal.
For those who might be wondering why there’re still no mentions of big tube stars like, oh, Martin Sheen of "The West Wing" or Kelsey Grammer of "Frasier" – well, that’s simple: it’s because the creative arts Primetime Emmy Awards is not the Primetime Emmy Awards. Heck, the festivities weren't even broadcast on TV.
The creative arts Emmys are mainly about the nuts-and-bolts workings of TV shows – like best makeup, best art direction, and outstanding guest actor.
The Emmy statuette Besides Willis’ wowing win, NBC came through as the top winner with a field best 14 nods, with its "The West Wing" nabbing four awards including Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series and Outstanding Costumes For A Series.
HBO, trailing the peacock network, got 12 statuettes overall, including four for the biopic "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" starring Halle Berry, and three for the telepic "RKO 281."
And besides Willis’ wowing presence, folks like Tom Selleck (outstanding guest actor nominee for "Friends"), Debbie Reynolds (outstanding guest actress nominee for "Will &amp; Grace), Tracy Pollan (outstanding guest actress nominee for "Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit") and husband Michael J. Fox, and Cheri Oteri (outstanding guest actress nominee for "Just Shoot Me") were also present at the ceremony.
As for that other Emmy Awards show – the one with the stars -- it will happen Sept. 10 at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium.

Can you picture pretty Leo DiCaprio as a gangsta? DreamWorks hopes so. The Hollywood Reporter says the studio is courting DiCaprio to star in "Catch Me If You Can," a biopic about real-life criminal Frank Abagnale, the youngest man ever to make the FBI Most Wanted list.
Here's a twist: The movie would probably be directed by Gore Verbinski, who made "Mousehunt" and just finished a flick called "The Mexican" with Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts.
COUNTING TO ELEVEN: Confirming a weeks-old rumor, Pitt has joined the increasingly expensive cast of the forthcoming "Ocean's Eleven" remake, to be directed by Steven Soderbergh. Also confirmed for the flick are George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Mark Wahlberg. Word has it that Clooney's taking the Frank Sinatra role, while Pitt's playing the Dean Martin character. But who'll be the new Norman Fell?
NO SPRING CHICKENS: Elizabeth Taylor will go back in front of the camera again, to shoot two "campy scenes" for the ABC-TV movie "Those Old Broads." It also stars Debbie Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine and Joan Collins, according to Variety. It's Taylor's first film work since 1994's "The Flintstones."
William H. Macy WHITHER FONZIE? Sometimes even a cool guy like The Fonz can't get a break. Or can he?
Henry Winkler's Emmy nomination in the comedy guest actor category, for his appearance on "Battery Park," was rescinded because the episode that he appeared in didn't air until June, after the Emmy eligibility period. Instead, William H. Macy was nominated for an appearance on "Sports Night."
Not to fret, Fonz fans: Winkler's also nominated in the drama guest actor category for an appearance on "The Practice."